I didn't care for it. Then again, I'm not a huge comic fan to begin with. But I'll try to pick up the next two and see if my mind changes.

The scene with the deck officer annoyed me. Why would he be completely insubordinate to a superior officer? Leia is a leader of the Rebellion. Why on earth would he say something like that to her face? He should have gotten a severe reprimand for that, right? Or is it just me?

If Leia had no military rank, i don't see how he could not get away with it.

After being in the service, I had no problem with that scene. That is totally inside the realm of possibility as far as any military organization goes.

I will take your word for it, then. The scene still felt very off for me, though.

So when does this comic happen in relation to the stories we got in Empire and Rebellion?

It takes place after the earlier storylines of the "Empire" (Betrayal, Darklighter, Roons Sewell, What Sin Loyalty? etc) but before the later ones (Jabiim, Janek Sunber, Able) and the Rebellion series.

Now, if you ask me when it takes place relating to the original Marvel Star Wars and the comic strip series, I'll be damned if I know.

My only concern is about how much retconning that is going on. Does the story take into account that the brilliant Goodwin/Williamson strip has happened, or is it disregarded?. On the other hand, the previous Star Wars series set between ANH and ESB by Dark Horse Comics pretty much threw a lot of the stuff from that strip out the window when they started writing stories about the rebels jumping around in hyperspace looking for a base, while the newspaper strip established that they didn't leave Yavin IV before they had found Hoth.

The Rebels are still on Yavin, even though we don't see it in this first issue- but part of the Alliance has already left Yavin to form the roving fleet and is searching for bases (alongside the efforts launched from Yavin during the newspaper strips).

There is a break between the Yavin evac in the newspaper strips and the arrival at Hoth, even though it occurs within the same story in the strips. This was the result of condensing the Rebel's time on Yavin down to 6 months, which I believe was done in the mid/late 90's and not directly by DHC but rather reference sources.

So, there's about a 2.5 year gap in the middle of that story to explain the 6 month evac date with the 3 years start of ESB (where Echo Base is still being built).

I really feel like the later issues of Empire and Rebellion should be moved from the first year to the third. Most of the characters, particularly Luke, are so much more mature in them than they are in some other comics from around the same time. Plus, it would somewhat stifle the impression that almost nothing at all happens after the first year between ANH and ESB.

I'm a fan of anything pertaining to this era. the comic felt fresh and also helps develop the characters attitudes around this time. Sure we know Leia from the flicks and the novels, but every time a new writer steps in the character will evolve. Her scene planet-side depicted her as a true rebel at heart, imo. The dialogue felt a little stiff but let's see how Wood handles himself over a 6 issue arc rather than condemning it before it starts.

I really feel like the later issues of Empire and Rebellion should be moved from the first year to the third. Most of the characters, particularly Luke, are so much more mature in them than they are in some other comics from around the same time. Plus, it would somewhat stifle the impression that almost nothing at all happens after the first year between ANH and ESB.

But of course that's irrelevant towards this particular comic.

Well I think what was important for DHC with Empire and Rebellion was to hit the gaps that would provide them the greatest amount of freedom to do what they wanted. Being in that 9-12 months ABY gave them room to do something major like the trap for the Rebel fleet.

Plus, jumping too close to ESB makes the comic more of an ESB/late war setting when the intention, I assume, was to focus on the characters when they were still developing as heroes in that post-ANH classic timeframe- much like this new series.

My only concern is about how much retconning that is going on. Does the story take into account that the brilliant Goodwin/Williamson strip has happened, or is it disregarded?. On the other hand, the previous Star Wars series set between ANH and ESB by Dark Horse Comics pretty much threw a lot of the stuff from that strip out the window when they started writing stories about the rebels jumping around in hyperspace looking for a base, while the newspaper strip established that they didn't leave Yavin IV before they had found Hoth.

The Rebels are still on Yavin, even though we don't see it in this first issue- but part of the Alliance has already left Yavin to form the roving fleet and is searching for bases (alongside the efforts launched from Yavin during the newspaper strips).

There is a break between the Yavin evac in the newspaper strips and the arrival at Hoth, even though it occurs within the same story in the strips. This was the result of condensing the Rebel's time on Yavin down to 6 months, which I believe was done in the mid/late 90's and not directly by DHC but rather reference sources.

So, there's about a 2.5 year gap in the middle of that story to explain the 6 month evac date with the 3 years start of ESB (where Echo Base is still being built).

After touting this as a pure "ANH"-era comic, there were actually many references to the the overall OT & the EU., which I liked. I also liked that Vader was clearly based on the original Marvel comics adaptation, that was cool.

I felt the same way about them calling Leia "Senator". It's like--oh, right, she's a Senator!

Yeah, the title of "Senator" really should of been the more commonly used one in the Rebellion. They were the Alliance to Restore the Republic, afterall. And the dissolution of the Senate was one of the final straws.

Picked this up today. Pretty good, everyone seemed in character. I found it funny that Wedge looked the closest to previous comics out of all the characters.

The comment that Wedge was a better pilot than Luke threw me off for a moment, but then I realized that this was just two months after Yavin. Wedge has been flying X-Wings much longer than Luke at this point. He doesn't have enough experiance for his natural talent to overtake Wedge's yet.

To add to the excitement, Dark Horse announces today that it will produce special variant covers for Star Wars #1–#4, which will be consecutively tied to issues #4–#7. These special variant comics will feature artist Alex Ross’s original cover sketches!

I think nothing in that says that the first arc has to be 7 issues. The series is an ongoing, after all.